Thursday, March 12, 2026

ESA's Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Planet

Images of the 2024 solar storm captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory's instruments, developed by the ESA/NASA. The bright spots to the right of the Sun are Jupiter and Venus. Credit: NASA/ESA

What happens when a solar superstorm hits Mars? Thanks to the European Space Agency’s Mars orbiters, we now know: glitching spacecraft and a supercharged upper atmosphere.



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